Canine Perspective Dog Training: Lincoln Park Office

Training with Jesse and Canine Perspectives has been literally life-changing for my dog and I. My dog Peluchin is a rescue who had been reactive to people and other dogs since I first adopted him 2 years ago. We would avoid other people and dogs on our walks, and I’d pretty much never have guests over. At the consultation, Jesse identified nervousness and anxiety as the root of Pey’s behavior issues. With Jesse’s coaching, exercises, and structure, Pey has learned (and I’ve learned how to help him learn) to relax, and to process his stressors in a more healthy way. Pey and I can now pass other dogs on walks, eat out on restaurant patios, host dinner parties, go hiking/camping,… pretty much everything I envisioned when I first considered adopting a dog. I cannot recommend Jesse enough. In addition to being an expert dog trainer, Jesse is also eminently professional (punctual, friendly, responsive, honest, helpful, ...) and clearly takes pride in striving to be the best in his chosen field.

I have recently started walking a dog 130lb PUPPY that was trained under Jesse. This dog is one of my most pleasurable walks all day long due to how beautifully well-trained he is. I am still in awe how a puppy that large and also being a puppy can behave so well. I've walked probably 500+ dogs and I can say this mans training is the real deal. I will most assuredly be recommending my dog walking clients to him!

We just picked up our German Shepherd, Chief, from his 2 week board and train with Jesse and team on Monday. We couldn’t be happier with the results. From the very first day, the service we received was world class. It all started with the ease of booking the appointment for the initial consultation, Maria was very responsive and informative. Jesse has a clear understanding of dog behavior and was able to clearly translate that with terms that we were able to make sense of. We have a great dog, just a very high drive and easily distracted, so his obedience was very inconsistent. During the time Chief was away, Jesse was always available to give us updates and had an open door policy with scheduling visits. We picked up Chief and with the conditioning that they acclimated Chief to, along with the handling skills that Jesse taught us, Chief has been transformed into a great dog and this is just the beginning. Jesse also eased any of our follow up concerns, with his willingness to help guide us, even after the training is complete. Canine Perspective is well worth the investment. We can’t recommend them enough.

We brought home a 16 week old australian cattle puppy in March 2019. We were told that our puppy was friendly, social with people and dogs, and a sweet cuddly boy. While he has always been very sweet to us, he was aggressive towards everyone else. When on walks, he would lunge and try to bite people who approached us. He would try to herd friends who came over and bit several toes, calves, shins, and ankles. He would lunge and viciously bark at other dogs who were just passing by, even on the other side of the street. We loved our puppy but had no idea where to begin with training and correcting these behaviors. We met with two trainers. The first trainer used aggressive corrective techniques that we did not agree with, and told us she'd return him to the breeder because he was too stubborn to learn and too aggressive to train. We were distraught and met with another trainer a few days later. The new trainer used positive reinforcement. She was nice, but focused more on obedience than behavior and after spending a lot of money on 6 sessions, our puppy knew how to sit, but made little progress in the real problem areas like reactivity. We were getting desperate and frustrated. Enter Jesse at Canine Perspective. Jesse let us know that our puppy has fear-based aggression. He said that he couldn't promise that our puppy would ever be social and like playing with other dogs, etc. but he did say that he could get our pup to be neutral with people in the home (which was our biggest concern). We loved that Jesse was honest with us about what he could do to help. Through training us (yes, we humans needed a lot of training) on how to correctly use the e-collar to teach our dog which behaviors were not ok, we made progress. It was not easy and it was not quick, but we worked with Jesse for 3 months choosing to do his 12 week program (NOT the puppy program as we started working with Jesse when our ACD was just over 6 months old) and we have made incredible progress. We also began using a prong-collar when on walks which was hugely helpful for gaining more control over pulling and lunging, two behaviors that we have almost completely eliminated. I can now confidently walk my dog without fear of him lunging at strangers (he still has the one-off reactivity to runners and bikers). He has gotten much better with reactivity with dogs as well, I feel that we're getting close to neutral there. But the best part of training has been how wonderful our dog is now inside the house. He has gone beyond neutral and is friendly and sweet to visitors. He loves to bring new guests toys to play with him. Our biggest concern was having kids one day. We recently had friends visit with their 1.5 and 4 year old and our dog was an absolute dream. He was sweet and friendly, let the kids pet him and throw the ball for him, and gave them kisses (licks) on their hands and faces. Where do I even begin? Thank you doesn't seem to encompass the feeling of gratitude we have towards Jesse. We love having the tools and knowledge Jesse shared to have a happy dog who has boundaries and is gaining confidence from a structured home environment. Jesse also makes himself available when we have questions or need to correct additional behaviors (barking at the tv, etc.). We are so happy we found the Chicago Dog Whisperer. I tell everyone I know about Jesse and how he's helped us. We are so happy they've opened a facility in Logan Square as we use Canine Perspective's boarding services and we love that during his stay the training is reinforced and that he has structure. I cannot recommend Jesse enough. I wish I could give more than 5 stars. If you're debating, don't. Set up a consultation, the results are real. You will have to put in the work, but you will have the tools and information you need to change your dogs behavior and make progress. The rest is up to you.